Early Retirement Extreme

— a combination of simple living, anticonsumerism, DIY ethics, self-reliance, resilience, and applied capitalism

Building a solar heater for the RV

Published in July 11th, 2009
Posted by in How to, RV, Timely
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After replacing the pump head yesterday (after almost one year of procrastination), I’m currently cleaning the water tank with chlorine. Using the tank, we will have an emergency water supply that should last several days. I also ordered a solar charge controller (after almost one year of procrastination) to get the solar panels (thanks again […]

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In praise of small spaces

Published in October 29th, 2008
Posted by in Philosophy, RV, Strategy, Timely
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As I write this, I’m sitting at the dinette of our RV. From here, without getting up, I can Open the window to my right Adjust the blinds Turn on the large fan with the switch behind my head Reach around me to check the room temperature Plug things into 4 outlets Get the dog’s […]

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How we found a place to park and live in our RV

Published in September 13th, 2008
Posted by in How to, RV, Timely
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When we bought our RV we honestly had not done any research on where to park it. First we looked (googled) for RV parks which was not entirely encouraging. Not many parks are online and google maps seemed to show a vacuum around where we wanted to live. The selection on craigslist was also limited. […]

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